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Image copyright Houghton Festival/YouTube Image caption Thousands of festival-goers were expected in Norfolk this weekend A second major music festival due to attract thousands of people has been cancelled because of bad weather. Houghton Festival was due to run from Thursday to Sunday at Houghton Hall near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Organisers said it had […]

The public library just won over a prominent new advocate. “Bring the Funny” judge and social media master Chrissy Teigen wrote on Twitter Wednesday that she visited the library for the first time in 23 years and totally dug it. She participated in story time with 3-year-old daughter Luna and perused shelves full of cookbooks.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Benioff (second left) and Weiss with Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner at the Game of Thrones season six premiere Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss have signed a deal with Netflix, the streaming giant has said. Variety reported that Netflix won a “three-way bidding war that

Tiffany Haddish is among the stars set to join the cast of an upcoming limited Netflix series about legendary philanthropist and hair-care entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, who was born to former slaves in 1867. Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Blair Underwood, Kevin Carroll and Garrett Morris are all slated to join “Hidden Figures” actress Octavia Spencer in

Image copyright EPA Image caption The actor has urged drivers to “pay attention” following the accident Hollywood actor Danny Trejo has been hailed as a real-life hero for helping to rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car following a traffic accident in Los Angeles. The actor said he had seen a motorist drive through

The evening performance of Broadway’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” came to an abrupt halt Tuesday when motorcycle backfire sounds outside the theater were mistaken for gunshots.  As Deadline first reported Tuesday, the incident took place shortly before 10 p.m. and during the final scene of the play, which stars Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger. When a motorcycle

Image copyright Getty Images Halle Bailey has responded to the criticism she received after being cast as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. The 19 year-old was named as the main character in Disney’s latest live action remake last month. But a debate started online after people complained that Halle didn’t look like Disney’s original version

Three years after his handling of a resurfaced rape allegation overshadowed and later torpedoed the release of “The Birth of a Nation,” actor and director Nate Parker is getting a major platform for his first film since the controversy. The Venice Film Festival is adding Parker’s new movie “American Skin” to its lineup in what’s

President Donald Trump has a long history of divisive and inflammatory rhetoric, but on Wednesday again he refused to accept any responsibility for the consequences.  “I think my rhetoric brings people together,” he improbably insisted outside of the White House.  “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert allowed that there’s one way that could be true.  “I

The president of ABC Entertainment hasn’t caught up with Constance Wu since the actress’ Twitter meltdown in May that complained about the renewal of the TV show she stars in, “Fresh Off The Boat.”  Speaking to reporters Monday in Los Angeles, Karey Burke said that while she was “happy that [Wu] apologized,” she’s “had no further